different between sachet vs teabag

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French sachet.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?sa?e?/, /sæ??e?/
• Homophone: sashay
• Rhymes: -æ?e?, -e?

Noun

sachet (plural sachets)

1. A small scented cloth bag filled with fragrant material such as herbs or potpourri.
2. (cooking) A cheesecloth bag of herbs and/or spices added during cooking and then removed before serving.
3. A small, sealed packet containing a single-use quantity of any material.

Derived terms

• sacheted

Translations

Further reading

• sachet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• 'stache, 'taches, Scheat, achest, chaste, chates, cheats, he-cats, scathe, she-cat, stache, taches, thecas

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French sachet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?.??/
• Hyphenation: sa?chet

Noun

sachet n (plural sachets, diminutive sachetje n)

1. sachet

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: saset

French

Etymology

sac +? -et, with palatalization of c

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.??/

Noun

sachet m (plural sachets)

1. (small) bag

Descendants

• ? English: sachet

Further reading

• “sachet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• séchât, taches, tachés, tâches, tâchés

English

Alternative forms

• tea bag

Etymology

tea +? bag

Pronunciation

Noun

teabag (plural teabags)

1. A cloth or paper sachet containing tea leaves or herbal tea, designed to act as an infuser when submerged in hot water.

Derived terms

• teabagger

Translations

Verb

teabag (third-person singular simple present teabags, present participle teabagging, simple past and past participle teabagged)

1. (transitive, vulgar, slang) To lower one’s testicles into the mouth of another person, or onto the face or head of another person.
2. (video games) To sit or crouch repeatedly on the head of another player's character after they are dead.
   • 2007, The Official Xbox Magazine

     The good news is, you don't have to play 10,000 matches to learn to hold your own against those obnoxious, teabagging 9-year-olds anymore!

Translations

Anagrams

• atabeg